Improvement in portable fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo iMPaovx-:MENT IN PORTABLE FENcEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,241, dated April 21, 1863.

To LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSHUA REBER, of Slioemakerville, county of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Folding Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference bein ghad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of ,reference marked thereon, in'which- Figure l is a perspective view, and Figs. 2 and 3 represent the diii'erent positions, of the fence on a hillside.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a portable fence with separate panels by means of the panel-pickets A A A2 and the support-pickets B B B2 being jointed to* gether at the top, which joint is formed by means of a wire, G, being inserted through corresponding transverse grooves furnished with iron staples e e e in the pickets, which at once forms a portable folding fence of the shape of an inverted V. The panel or guard E is furnished with three longitudinal battens, which are rigidly locked into the pickets and placed at suitable distances apart, and the spaces between the battens are furnished with wire rods, which are properly secured into the pickets A A A2, of any desirable number, so as to construct a close or open guard or fence panel. The supportF is constructed with two longitudinal battens properly locked into the pickets B B B2, which forms a complete sup Y port for the guard or panel E.

Fig. 2 representsy the fence on a side-hill with the. guard E on the lower hillside. In this position` the top of the guard E is hinged to thelower corresponding grooves and staples e e e of the support F by means of the wlre rod C passing through the grooves and staples e e e, which holds the guard E and the support F firmly in proper position, and at the same time keeps the same angle to the fence as on level ground.

Fig. 3 represents the guard E on the upper and 3,) with the ends of the panels touching or nearly touching each other, which at the same time forms a perfect brace in itself, thereby obviating the necessity of keying or lookin g the panels together, as in other fences.

For removing the fence it is nearly lifted up and folded together and put to any convenient place.

This fence may also readily be put up in the shape of an X by reversing the guard and support, and, by adding an extra batten to the top ends of the pickets, with small sharp iron pickets inserted through the extra batten, will prove a perfect safeguard against vicious and breaching cattle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The adjustable hinge-wire O in connection with the transverse grooves and staples in the pickets, when used for the purpose as herein described and set forth.

JOSH UA REBER.

Witnesses:

G. S. KINsEY, GEORGE PRINTZ. 

